Richard did you not believe that the camera black was appliqué? Yes the standard is blacked out with paint around the controls. When I restore one I strip it bare and repaint every thing including the letters.
Hmmm...I know for sure the DELUXE are removable inserts, I wasn't thinking the standard, camera-case finish was an insert. I could be wrong about this though I suppose.
I wouldn't say I didn't believe you, I simply wasn't sure whether or not it was an applique because the last time I worked on the standard interior cars WITH Select-Aire,(circa 1980) I was simply removing it all, I wasn't re-using any of it. Those last ones I took all out were because I converted the 67 Mustang dash to a 68 Cougar XR-7 dash so I never even looked at what I took off.
I bumped into these pictures of the Standard AC vents by coincidence this morning while looking at other stuff on eBay. Made me think it could help the OP to see the differences is all and it sounds like it did:
Thanks, Richard. I've looked several times, and I understand what you're saying, but it's hard to make it out in the pictures. So the area around the levers is blacked out on the camera case version, but is chromed on a deluxe version? I guess that area is meant to match--black to match the black camera case, and chrome to match the brushed aluminum.